Bollywood actress Dia Mirza has been named the ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission's youth-based 'Swachh Saathi' (student internship) programme. The 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein' star will take forward the message of the government's 'Swachh Saathi' programme, which she hails as the most important part…

Director Vikram Bhatt and cinematographer Praveen Bhatt are almost Siamese twins when it comes to their projects. After all the two have been working together for years now!A Mahesh Bhatt protegee who has earlier worked in his films like 'Janam', 'Naam', 'Kaash', 'Aashique', 'Saathi',…

Vishal Bharadwaj is busy winning awards-n-adulation all over the world for his rapturous adaptation of Shakepeare's Othello, 'Omkara'. But what is being ignored (slightly) in all this exaltation for Vishal the new age director is Vishal, the fascinating music composer.In fact his music score…

The prestigious GIFA Awards are getting underway today in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. Check out the list of nominees and the winners of the critic's choice awards:Nominees For The Best1 Film : a) Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (KANK) (Karan Johar)b) Krrish (Rakesh Roshan)…

Story, Screenplay and Dialogues by Salim-Javed. This was a prominent credit on the silver screen in the Hindi Film world that changed the fate of movie making. It was great to see a credit in Farhan Akhtar's 'Don''Adapted from the original screenplay by Salim-Javed. It's…

Omkara. Dolly. Langda. Keshu. Billo Chaman Bahar. Bhaisahab and Vishal Bharadwaj. Add the name of scriptwriter William Shakespeare. And you have the Desi version of the classic tragedy Othello. 'Omkara' is easily the most awaited film.As the D-Day: 28th July is fast approaching, the…

Superstar Akshay Kumar has once again proved his hold at the Box Office with 'Phir Hera Pheri' getting an exceptional opening!!!He is increasingly proving to be the star with the Midas touch with most of his films proving to be winners for the producers.…

This has been happening to Amisha Patel too often!At the beginning of the year came 'Mere Jeevan Saathi', 'Teesri Aankh - The Hidden Camera' and 'Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai' - each of them long in the making/stuck in the cans - that pretty much…

First weekend performance of latest releaseIt was always expected that inspite of boasting of terrific promos and superhit music, the opening of 'Gangster' would still range around 50% since movies like these generally gain from word of mouth. This is what exactly happened and…

OSCAR HISTORYOscar? LandmarkIn the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel - The attendance was 250 and tickets cost $10. It was a long banquet, filled with speeches, but presentation of the statuettes took only five minutes. Break in the TraditionThere have…